Tuesday, May 10, 2016

On May 8, 2016, HBO's Game of Thrones was the highest rated show on cable with a 3.70 - followed by TNT's NBA Basketball (2.05), AMC's Fear the Walking Dead (1.97) and HBO's Silicon Valley (0.91).

Game of Thrones was the most viewed program with 7.281 million viewers - followed by NBA Basketball (5.090), Fear the Walking Dead (4.414) and Hallmark's Good Witch (1.924).

The Cable Ratings for Sunday, May 8

Show

Network

Time

18 - 49 Rating

Viewers (Millions)

1

Game of Thrones

HBO

9:04 PM

3.70

7.281

2

NBA Basketball

TNT

8:00 PM

2.05

5.090

3

Fear the Walking Dead

AMC

9:00 PM

1.97

4.414

4

Silicon Valley

HBO

10:01 PM

0.91

1.687

5

Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta

VH1

8:00 PM

0.89

1.752

6

Keeping Up With the Kardashians

E!

9:00 PM

0.75

1.562

7

Talking Dead: Fear

AMC

10:00 PM

0.69

1.597

8

Robot Chicken

Adult Swim

11:30 PM

0.69

1.353

9

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

HBO

11:00 PM

0.60

1.419

10

Mike Tyson Mysteries

Adult Swim

11:45 PM

0.60

1.168

11

Naked and Afraid

Discovery

10:00 PM

0.55

1.634

12

MLB Baseball

ESPN

8:00 PM

0.52

1.881

13

Mr. Pickles

Adult Swim

12:00 AM

0.49

0.968

14

Sister Wives

TLC

8:00 PM

0.49

1.564

15

Lakefront Bargain Hunt

HGTV

8:30 PM

0.47

1.767

16

Veep

HBO

10:31 PM

0.44

0.968

17

Lakefront Bargain Hunt

HGTV

8:00 PM

0.44

1.658

18

Dear Mama

VH1

9:00 PM

0.43

1.032

19

Shahs of Sunset

Bravo

8:00 PM

0.41

1.050

20

Food Network Star

Food

8:00 PM

0.36

1.335

21

Spring Baking Championship

Food

9:00 PM

0.33

1.359

22

Liv and Maddie

Disney

9:00 PM

0.33

1.651

23

Where’s My Baby?

LMN

8:00 PM

0.31

1.113

24

On the Case with Paula Zahn

ID

10:00 PM

0.29

1.087

25

Cutthroat Kitchen

Food

10:00 PM

0.27

0.836

26

Motive

USA

10:00 PM

0.27

0.878

27

Rich Kids of Beverly Hills

E!

10:00 PM

0.27

0.614

28

UFC Fight Night

FS1

2:00 PM

0.27

0.656

29

Bar Rescue

Spike

9:00 PM

0.26

0.626

30

Single Dad Seeking

TLC

10:01 PM

0.26

0.929

31

K.C. Undercover

Disney

8:00 PM

0.24

1.358

32

Good Witch

Hallmark

9:00 PM

0.24

1.924

33

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

NatGeo

9:00 PM

0.22

1.308

34

Best Friends Whenever

Disney

8:30 PM

0.21

1.332

35

UFC Prelims

FS1

12:00 PM

0.20

0.494

36

Thicker Than Water

Bravo

9:00 PM

0.20

0.492

37

Penny Dreadful

Showtime

10:02 PM

0.20

0.554

38

PBA Bowling

ESPN

1:00 PM

0.19

0.642

39

Watch What Happens Live

Bravo

11:00 PM

0.17

0.475

40

Premier League Soccer

NBC Sports

8:23 AM

0.16

0.355

41

Life or Debt

Spike

10:00 PM

0.15

0.409

42

House of Lies

Showtime

9:01 PM

0.13

0.258

43

2016 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship

TBS

2:00 PM

0.13

0.357

44

America’s National Parks

NatGeo

8:00 PM

0.13

0.766

45

The Other Kingdom

Nickelodeon

7:00 PM

0.13

0.765

46

NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed

CMT

9:00 PM

0.11

0.495

47

Ghost Asylum

Destination

10:00 PM

0.11

0.338

48

Snapped: Killer Couples

Oxygen

9:00 PM

0.11

0.292

49

MLB Baseball

MLBN

2:11 PM

0.09

0.390

50

Major League Soccer

ESPN

3:30 PM

0.09

0.225

51

Barnwood Builders

DIY

9:00 PM

0.09

0.574

52

The Other Kingdom

Nickelodeon

7:30 PM

0.07

0.594

53

Major League Soccer

FS1

7:30 PM

0.07

0.199

54

Wild Egypt

NatGeoWild

8:00 PM

0.06

0.336

55

Forbidden History

AHC

10:00 PM

0.06

0.311

56

Chasing Waterfalls

TV One

7:00 PM

0.06

0.222

57

The Girlfriend Experience

Starz

8:02 PM

0.05

0.196

58

Dice

Showtime

9:30 PM

0.04

0.155

No rating information was made immediately available for American Heroes' Hitler in America; NatGeoWild's Wild Turkey; and PBS' Call the Midwife, Wallander & Mr. Selfridge.

NOTE: For the 2015-16 broadcast season, a 1.0 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic is equal to 1.2681 total million viewers. A18-49 is the rating most commonly reported and helps determine ad rates but is not the sole explanation for whether a show will be renewed or cancelled.